Classical girls tennis tops Saugus

The Classical High girls tennis team kept on rolling with a 4-1 win over Saugus Thursday at Saugus.The Sachems won at first singles, where Andrea Davis outdueled Amy O’Brien, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3, but it was all Rams the rest of the way. Wendy Matanganyidze won 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, at second singles and Ashley Ellis took third singles by the same score. Stella Athanasopoulos and Tara Gunderman won 6-1, 6-2, at first doubles and Monivan Cheth and Messeret Kebede took second doubles, 6-2, 6-2.GIRLS TENNISEnglish 3, Salem 2English 4, Salem 1At Salem, the Bulldogs pulled out this rain-continued match from Monday and were even better on Thursday. Winners for English on Monday were: Daniella Kirsche, second singles (6-0, 6-2); Thanh Bui, third singles (6-0, 6-1); Dina Robles and Kelly Santana, second doubles (6-2, 7-5). Winners on Thursday were: Scarlett Santana, first singles (7-5, 6-3); Kirsche, second singles (6-1, 6-2); Bui, third singles (6-0, 6-0); Robles and Santana, second doubles (6-2, 7-5). English improves its record to 8-1.Lynnfield 3, Ipswich 2At Lynnfield, the Pioneers finished its continued match from Monday with Ipswich on a good end. Winners for Lynnfield were: Kelley Nevils, first singles (7-6, 2-6, 6-0); Ava Grava, second singles (6-2, 6-0); Danielle Soden and Molly McCarthy, second doubles (7-6, 7-5). Lynnfield is now 7-3.Revere 5, Winthrop 0At Winthrop, Revere dominated at singles, only dropping one set in all three matches combined. Winners for Revere were: Christina DiFabio, first singles (6-0, 6-0); Sara Grujic, second singles (6-1, 6-0); Mounia El-Arar, third singles (6-0, 6-0); Sam Harris and Mariah Rivera, first doubles (6-0, 6-0); Nancy Nguyen and Evelyn Bonilla, second doubles (6-1, 6-1). Revere is now 3-9.Swampscott 5, Fenwick 0At Swampscott, the Big Blue moved to 9-2. Anna Raptunovich took first singles, 6-2, 6-3. Other results were: Rita Tsokanis, second singles, 6-0, 6-1; Tatum Pederson, third singles, 6-2, 6-2; Ashley Petras-Veronica Pyatigorskaya, first doubles, 6-0, 6-0; Alicia Coyle-Jessica Zolott, second doubles, 6-0, 6-0.Beverly 4, Danvers 1At Danvers, in a match suspended from Monday, the Panthers raised their record to 6-4. Winners were Hannah Robinson, second singles, 6-1, 6-4; Meggie Manzo, third singles, 6-3, 6-1; Jillian Morneau-Lena Kirschning, first doubles, 6-1, 6-3; Becah Kaplan-Katie Lane, second doubles, 6-1, 7-6.Marblehead 5, Peabody 0Marblehead 5, Gloucester 0The two victories raise the Magicians’ record to 13-1.At Peabody, it was Tory Booth winning first singles, 6-0, 6-1; Mary Lindsay-Ryan taking second, 6-3, 6-3; Annie Ryan at third, 6-0, 2-6, 6-1; Megan Stanojev-Lindsey Cohen, first doubles, 7-5, 6-3; Meghan Gabel-Kelly Mealey, second doubles, 6-4, 6-2.At Marblehead, against Gloucester, it was Annie Ryan, first singles, 6-0, 6-1; Amanda Gilberg, second singles, 6-2, 6-1; Ellyn Needel, third singles, 6-0, 6-0; Kelly Mealey-Meghan Gabel, first doubles, 6-2, 6-0; Liz Leykin-Eliza Fitzgerald, second doubles, 6-1, 6-1.BOYS TENNISNeedham 4, St. John’s 1At St. John’s, St. John’s had a strong performance despite the result. The lone winner for St. John’s was Nico Limacher at third singles (7-5, 6-4). St. John’s is now 11-2.Danvers 5, Malden Catholic 0At Danvers, the Falcons, 4-2 in the Northeastern Conference and 10-4 overall, swept the two-match season’s series with the Lancers for the first time in the four-year history of the rivalry.Winners were Nick Lisichenok, first singles. 6-1, 6-2 (14-0); Gabe Ochonski, second singles, 6-0, 6-0; Toma Nabokin, third singles, 6-1, 6-1; Jim Grace-Jimmy Cunningham, first doubles, 6-2, 6-2; Jon Wright-Steve Wilkinson, second doubles, 7-6, 7-5.Marblehead 4, Revere 1At Marblehead, it was a marathon day of tennis with the match lasting nearly three hours. Marblehead’s Chris Wigglesworth defeated Nick Tran, 6-0, 6-1, at first singles; Miles Barry defeated Nick Mucci at third singles, 6-2, 6-0; Ben Goldstein-Alex Rothbard outlasted Soun Lee-Duong Nguyen at first d